My interpretation:
You're in a relationship with someone you started to believe was really in love with you by their actions. Maybe they want to talk to you and see you every day. Maybe they are always going through the motions of being romantic and you're starting to believe this relationship may have real potential and you're starting to develop deep feelings for this person and then you realize one day that they are still in love with their ex and that's the real reason they seemed to rush into a relationship with you and be with you all the time, not because they love you, but because they need you to keep their mind off their ex. You realize that your relationship was just shallow. The other person always wanted you around to keep their mind off their ex but you realize they never really asked questions to learn more about you on a deeper level or really bond with you. It's because they never wanted to, you were just a fill in for their ex, who you are never mattered.
Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
You kind of wish they would have actually took the time to learn about you as an individual on a deeper level rather than using you as just a physical distraction.
Like pouring salt on fields to kill everything as had been done in history, you figure you may as well erase the whole relationship as if it never happened because it was all a lie and they never let their self know you or get attached to you. It was just a waste of your time. They should at least try to know you so it wouldn't be a complete waste of your time.
Sink of blood and crushed veneer- it was like being punched in the face, imagine spitting broken bloody veneer teeth fragments into the bathroom sink after being punched in the face.
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
You tell them that now that you really realize they are just using you to not think of their ex and don't really want to love you, but you're already starting to become attached to them a little, they may as well cut those ties now and go ahead and hurt you already since they plan to drop you eventually. But it is hard because you have started to become attached to them and are afraid of losing someone who would be really good with you if they would just look at you and not in their past.
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
They seemed to rush into the relationship with you and you tried to make them slow down and get to know you because their method seemed pretty shallow and you felt like you should slow down and get to know each other better but they wouldn't listen.
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Now that you have figured out the truth that they meant to use you as a shallow relationship to keep their mind off their ex, now you see the relationship for what it really is. You trusted them, have them the keys to your car, but they took advantage of your help and got a bunch of fines but the tickets were mailed to you because it was your vehicle, metaphorically. You'll wake up tomorrow seeing them and the relationship differently now that you realize you were just being used. You feel like an idiot standing there holding tickets and knowing you'll end up getting stuck paying for their careless handling of the relationship while they end up just walking away since they never became attached.
Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
A baby sucking what's left of the milk which isn't much left. They've taken all you've had left to give, you're feeling emotional and attached to parts of them but they didn't allow themselves to become attached to you so you feel like you're left carrying all the baggage and they leave without giving the relationship a real chance.
I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the bridges
And at the end of all your lines
You tried to get them to slow down and get to know you, they never did
They never allowed themselves to really know or love you and wasted all their love on memories of an ex while with you.
Who the hell was I? A stand in for the ghost of a memory?
You're falling apart just thinking of all the lines of lies they fed you in order to keep you around without ever intending to love you. Their lines filled you up until you began to believe them.
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Who else is going to love someone who is still thinking of their ex all the time?
Someone else? You think your ex will get back with you? Will you try getting back with your ex and just end up fighting? Will the next person you try to date fight to get you to take them seriously and fight against your ex's memory for you? Will you call behind and lose someone really good for you because you're falling behind and living in the past?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
My interpretation: You're in a relationship with someone you started to believe was really in love with you by their actions. Maybe they want to talk to you and see you every day. Maybe they are always going through the motions of being romantic and you're starting to believe this relationship may have real potential and you're starting to develop deep feelings for this person and then you realize one day that they are still in love with their ex and that's the real reason they seemed to rush into a relationship with you and be with you all the time, not because they love you, but because they need you to keep their mind off their ex. You realize that your relationship was just shallow. The other person always wanted you around to keep their mind off their ex but you realize they never really asked questions to learn more about you on a deeper level or really bond with you. It's because they never wanted to, you were just a fill in for their ex, who you are never mattered.
Come on skinny love just last the year Pour a little salt we were never here My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
You kind of wish they would have actually took the time to learn about you as an individual on a deeper level rather than using you as just a physical distraction. Like pouring salt on fields to kill everything as had been done in history, you figure you may as well erase the whole relationship as if it never happened because it was all a lie and they never let their self know you or get attached to you. It was just a waste of your time. They should at least try to know you so it wouldn't be a complete waste of your time. Sink of blood and crushed veneer- it was like being punched in the face, imagine spitting broken bloody veneer teeth fragments into the bathroom sink after being punched in the face.
I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the ropes and let me fall My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Right in the moment this order's tall
You tell them that now that you really realize they are just using you to not think of their ex and don't really want to love you, but you're already starting to become attached to them a little, they may as well cut those ties now and go ahead and hurt you already since they plan to drop you eventually. But it is hard because you have started to become attached to them and are afraid of losing someone who would be really good with you if they would just look at you and not in their past.
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
They seemed to rush into the relationship with you and you tried to make them slow down and get to know you because their method seemed pretty shallow and you felt like you should slow down and get to know each other better but they wouldn't listen.
In the morning I'll be with you But it will be a different kind 'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets And you'll be owning all the fines
Now that you have figured out the truth that they meant to use you as a shallow relationship to keep their mind off their ex, now you see the relationship for what it really is. You trusted them, have them the keys to your car, but they took advantage of your help and got a bunch of fines but the tickets were mailed to you because it was your vehicle, metaphorically. You'll wake up tomorrow seeing them and the relationship differently now that you realize you were just being used. You feel like an idiot standing there holding tickets and knowing you'll end up getting stuck paying for their careless handling of the relationship while they end up just walking away since they never became attached.
Come on skinny love what happened here Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
A baby sucking what's left of the milk which isn't much left. They've taken all you've had left to give, you're feeling emotional and attached to parts of them but they didn't allow themselves to become attached to you so you feel like you're left carrying all the baggage and they leave without giving the relationship a real chance.
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind Now all your love is wasted? Then who the hell was I? Now I'm breaking at the bridges And at the end of all your lines
You tried to get them to slow down and get to know you, they never did They never allowed themselves to really know or love you and wasted all their love on memories of an ex while with you. Who the hell was I? A stand in for the ghost of a memory? You're falling apart just thinking of all the lines of lies they fed you in order to keep you around without ever intending to love you. Their lines filled you up until you began to believe them.
Who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind?
Who else is going to love someone who is still thinking of their ex all the time? Someone else? You think your ex will get back with you? Will you try getting back with your ex and just end up fighting? Will the next person you try to date fight to get you to take them seriously and fight against your ex's memory for you? Will you call behind and lose someone really good for you because you're falling behind and living in the past?
Come on skinny love My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my